Monday's News 'n Notes: Georgia College MLB signee; Falcons, Braves; SEC Media Days; MLB, CFB, racing, Olympics, NFL, NIL
Monday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Scoreboard
Pro
San Diego at Atlanta, ppd.
Around/About Central Georgia
Georgia College’s Mendlinger signs with St. Louis
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Ridley and Gage take center stage
Column: Yes, the Braves can catch the Mets
Braves-Padres rained out, DH on Wednesday
SEC Media Days
Sankey: everybody needs to be vaccinated, no safeguard in games
Carolina’s Beamer has quite a task, and confidence
Gamecocks near 80 percent vaccination rate
Orgeron wishes Gilbert well, worries about QB play
O mum on the many non-football topics facing LSU
Florida adjusting to some newness
Mullen wants fewer permanent cross-division games
Gators still remember LS-Shoe loss
Column: Gators aware of UCF? Yup
Sankey ready for change in college sports oversight
No Bulldogs on O or D on USA Today All-SEC
College Football
Some Big 12 Media Days leftovers
NBA/WNBA
Portis is no Freak, but he’s loved in Milwaukee
Bucks on the verge, must focus
Ray Allen: bike helmet saved him
Baseball
Mets belt seven bombs to go with four errors in win
Lester, Soto lead Nationals to rout of Marlins
Mets’ Rojas suspended for two games
Auto Racing
Penske, Wood Brothers replacing Keselowski, DeBenedetto next year
Olympics
Expect a surreal and unexpected Games
NFL
Chiefs are pretty much ‘new look’
Ready for the Mannings on Monday nights?
College Sports
NIL: Cautious optimism for college-town businesses
NCAA took a big financial hit from pandemic, legal fees
Sports and COVID-19
Column: Team first, but ‘me first’ if you blow off the vaccine
Around the nation/world